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... stone : its whole surface is covered with a beautiful pattern of tracery springing from the walls and pillars , which latter are re- markably light and graceful , and strengthened by buttresses standing in the church , panelled and ...
... stone : its whole surface is covered with a beautiful pattern of tracery springing from the walls and pillars , which latter are re- markably light and graceful , and strengthened by buttresses standing in the church , panelled and ...
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... stone , attached to the west end of the building . The Church at Weare Giffard , how- ever , still preserves its ornaments of this kind . The pattern is very singu- lar . It consists of intersected pointed arches springing from two ...
... stone , attached to the west end of the building . The Church at Weare Giffard , how- ever , still preserves its ornaments of this kind . The pattern is very singu- lar . It consists of intersected pointed arches springing from two ...
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... stone into heads and limbs so extravagantly disproportionate to each other as these , and so ludicrous in their union , ex- pression , and position . The arch of the porch is upheld by two monsters more likely to repel than encourage ...
... stone into heads and limbs so extravagantly disproportionate to each other as these , and so ludicrous in their union , ex- pression , and position . The arch of the porch is upheld by two monsters more likely to repel than encourage ...
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... stone , and the west door , sheltered by an arch with a gable springing from brackets or corbels , are features of unusual elegance , and the interior is adorned by a highly ornamented stone screen between the body and chancel . The ...
... stone , and the west door , sheltered by an arch with a gable springing from brackets or corbels , are features of unusual elegance , and the interior is adorned by a highly ornamented stone screen between the body and chancel . The ...
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... stone , and partly of small red clinkers or bricks . Roman tessera were found in great abundance on the same spot , indicating the existence of a tessellated or chequered pavement ; also fragments of Roman sepulchral urns of black sun ...
... stone , and partly of small red clinkers or bricks . Roman tessera were found in great abundance on the same spot , indicating the existence of a tessellated or chequered pavement ; also fragments of Roman sepulchral urns of black sun ...
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